Express Lane

Controls

• N - New Lane
• D - Delete Lane
• J,K,L,; - Customer Rate
• Up/Down - Select Lane
• E - Toggle Express
• R,T - Change Express Limit

Customer Rules

• New customer takes the lane with fewest customers
• Customer items in cart must be less than or equal to the limit for express lanes
• The cashier rings up an item in the customers cart after the delay period has expired and puts it into a bag
• Customer happiness equals 100 - (W) wait time * (P) patience
• Customer leaves without paying if happiness reaches zero

Bag Rules

• Cold items go into separate bags
• Poisonous items go into separate bags from food items
• Fragile items go into separate bags
• No more than five items in a bag (by weight later)

Tips:

• Speed up customer generation using the J and L keys
• Try to maximize the sales per second value
• New express lanes set the maximum item limit to zero. Raise it with the T key
• If there are customers in the Waiting for Lane, then they can not find an open lane based on the number of items in their cart

Issues:

• Deleting a lane will also delete all of the customers in it. Customers should probably go back to the Waiting for Open Lane to find a new lane.
• Customers should be able to jump to a shorter lane if a new lane opens